Brazil Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions

Trends

Total fossil-fuel CO2 emissions from Brazil have grown
rapidly since the early 1900s except for a short lull during the early
1980s. Emissions have increased steadily since 1983 and now total 107
million metric tons of carbon in 2008. Liquid-fuel use accounts for
65.8% of the 2008 emission total and 14.2% comes from coal burning.
Natural gas consumption has increased ten-fold over the past two
decades and now accounts for approximately 12% of Brazil's fossil-fuel
CO2 emissions. With the world's fifth largest population
now exceeding 190 million people, Brazil's 2008 per capita emission rate of
0.56 metric tons of carbon is well below the global average per capita
rate of 1.30 metric tons of carbon.